South African Party

The South African Party was a liberal-conservative political party in South Africa that was active from 1910 to 1934. The party was founded by Louis Botha as the successor of the Afrikaner Bond and the South African Party of Cape Colony, which had existed since 1896. The party was rivals with the pro-British Unionist Party, and the party solidified after the departure of J.B.M. Hertzog, who went on to found the National Party. Rising discontent with the SAP's economic policies during the economic crises of the 1920s culminated in a general strike in 1922, and the government's military response to the strike led to its defeat in the 1924 election, in which the National Party and the South African Labor Party formed an electoral alliance. In 1934, the South African Party and the National Party merged to form the United Party.